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Archaeology Notes 291 MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO OFFICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES EXCAVATIONS AT TWO PREHISTORIC LITHIC SCATTERS ALONG U.S. 380 IN SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO YVONNE R. OAKES AND DOROTHY A. ZAMORA WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY GLENNA DEAN ANTHONY MARTINEZ LESLIE D. MCFADDEN JOHN MONTGOMERY MOLLIE S. TOLL SUBMITTED BY YVONNE R. OAKES, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Archaeology Notes 291 SANTA FE 2001 NEW MEXICO ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY Two prehistoric lithic scatters (LA 45877 and LA 45878) were excavated by the Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS), Museum of New Mexico, during February and March of 1987 at the request of the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department (NMSHTD). The sites are situated along U.S. 380 near Carthage, Socorro County, New Mexico. They are on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands located within the highway right-of-way. The sites were originally reported by Clifton (1983) and subsequent testing was conducted by OAS on these and nine other historic sites. The historic sites, part of the community of Carthage, are described by Zamora (1997). For the testing, Yvonne R. Oakes served as project director and James A. Lancaster acted as field supervisor on the two prehistoric lithic sites. Testing of LA 45877 and LA 45878 revealed extensive lithic deposits with potential for intact subsurface fea- tures (Oakes 1984). A data recovery program was completed in 1987 with field excavations direct- ed by Steven R. Hoagland of the OAS (formerly the Research Section). A geomorphological study found both sites to be the result of downslope movement of soils and gravels. The lithic artifacts are probably Archaic in age but have been displaced from their points of origin. Unfortunately, Mr. Hoagland and several succeeding assigned authors left the OAS without completing the report on the two sites. Field notes, site records, and photographs were put into storage. The artifacts were, however, analyzed, but write-up was not finished. This report under- takes a reconstruction of the work attempted by these earlier authors. Data are not as complete as we would have liked; however, the findings are presented to the best of our ability, given the inher- ent problems in completing another archaeologist's material. MNM Project: 41.395 NMSHTD Project: SPF-019-1(202) Antiquities Permit: No.81-NMC056 ii CONTENTS ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY . ii INTRODUCTION . 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING. 3 Physiography . 3 Soils. 3 Climate. 4 Flora and Fauna . 4 CULTURAL OVERVIEW . 5 Existing Data Base . 5 Cultural Sequences. 6 RESEARCH GOALS. 11 SITE DESCRIPTIONS . 13 Field Methods . 13 LA 45877 . 14 LA 45878 . 19 DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SOIL STRATIGRAPHY IN THE LOMA DE LAS CAMAS HILLS by Leslie D. McFadden . 25 Geomorphic Setting . 25 Soil Morpholoy, Texture, and Chemistry. 25 Discussion and Conclusions . 29 LITHIC ARTIFACT ANALYSIS by Anthony Martinez . 31 Methodology . 31 Raw Material Selection. 32 LA 45877 . 33 LA 45878 . 36 Discussion . 37 Summary . 41 OBSIDIAN HYDRATION ANALYSIS by John Montgomery . 45 CERAMICS by Dorothy A. Zamora . 47 GROUND STONE RECOVERED FROM LA 45877 by Dorothy A. Zamora . 49 iii FAUNAL ANALYSIS . 51 FLOTATION FROM LA 45887 AND LA 45878 by Mollie S. Toll. 53 Introduction and Methods. 53 Results . 53 Discussion and Summary . 54 POLLEN ANALYSIS FROM TWO SITES NEAR CARTHAGE by Glenna Dean . 57 Laboratory Techniques . 57 Limitations of Pollen Data . 58 Implications of Sampling Loci . 60 Results of Analysis. 61 CONCLUSIONS . 65 REFERENCES CITED . 67 APPENDIXES 1. Debitage Analysis Methodology. 77 2. Legal Descriptions of Sites. 83 FIGURES 1. Site vicinity map . 2 2. Survey map of LA 45877 . 15 3. LA 45877 testing map. 16 4. Excavation units at LA 45877 . 17 5. Profile of east wall of trench, LA 45877 . 18 6. Survey map of LA 45878 . 20 7. LA 45878 testing map. 21 8. Excavation units at LA 45878 . 22 9. Profile of west wall of trench, LA 45878. 23 10. Scraper collected from the surface at LA 45878, knife found at LA 45877 . 42 TABLES 1. Classification schemes for the Rio Abajo . 6 2. Summary of morphological data for LA 45877 and LA 45878 . 26 3. Summary of textual and chemical data . 28 4. Artifact type by material from LA 45877 . 34 5. Thickness on complete flakes, LA 45877 . 35 6. LA 45878, cross-tabulation of lithic artifact types by material type . 36 7. Damage found on lithic artifacts from LA 45877 and LA 45878 . 38 iv 8. Material types from the AKE site and the Carthage sites . 40 9. Artifacts recovered from the AKE site and the Carthage sites . 41 10. A comparison of lithic material frequencies by temporal affinities for sites in the Rio Abajo . 41 11. Platform types from LA 45877 and LA 45878 . 43 12. Faunal remains from LA 45877 . 51 13. Flotation results, LA 45877 and LA 45878. 54 14. Proveniences of samples analyzed for pollen count . 57 15. Pollen types identified in samples from sites . ..
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